Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

Tapestry

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of Eden.... Adam was pl'esenting our first пюther with а large yello,v apple gaH1e1·cd fr·oш а tгее which scarcely reached l1is knee. ... То the left of Eve appeared а chшch, and а daгk robcd geвtleшan holding something in his hand ,vhicЬ looked like а pin cпshion, Ьнt douЬtless \Yas inteпded fш а book; hc sceшed pointing to the holy edifice, as if гcшiпding theш tЬat they we1·e поt yet ma1тied ! On the g1·01Шd lay the rib, out of which Eve, who stood а hcad higher than Аdаш, Ьаd been forrned: both of tЬеш we1·e vегу геsресtаЫу clothed in the ancieпt Saxon costume; even the aнgel wше breecl1es, wЬicl1, heiнg Ыне, contгasted well ,vith his flaшiнg 1·ed wings." In FI"aпce, the leading tapestry ,vorks we1·e at Тошs in the ea1·ly sixtee11th centшy. А Flcmish weaveг, Jcan Duval, startcd the work there iп 1540. Until 1552 l1e and his thгee sons laboшed togetЬer ,vitЬ gl'eat resнlts, and they left а large пurnber of craftsшen to follow in their footsteps. In Italy the art had alшost diecl онt in the early sixteenth ccпtury, Ьнt revived iп full and florid force under tl1e Raphaelesque influcnce. Кing Rene of Anjou collected tapestrics so assidн­ oнsly that the саге and repairing of theш occupied the whole tiшe of а staff of w01·kers, ,vho wеге eшploycd steadily, living in the palace, and sleeping at night iв tl1e vaгious apaгtments in which the haпgings ,ve1·r especially costly. Queen Jeaпnc, the mothe1· of Heвri IV., ,vas а skilled